Re: What does (fakeclip-y) mean?

On 02/06/10 01:29, Gary Furash wrote:
> I installed the fakeclip plugin. Normally, plugins are fairly
> straightforward (e.g., hit the "special" key (\) or something like
> that). However, the fake clip plugin says that it automatically loads
> default mappings like
>
> "+y for<Plug>(fakeclip-y)
>
> I've tried "+y in a variety of different ways: at the ":" prompt,
> while in command mode, etc. and it doesn't do anything.
>
> I'm sure I'm just missing something.
>
> I searched for a definition of<Plug> on the mailing list, but may not
> have been looking for the right thing.
>
> Thank you in advance for any assistance.
>

Well, with plain-vanilla Vim (without 3rd-party plugins I mean), "+y in
Visual mode yanks the selection to the clipboard, and in Normal mode it
waits for a motion (e.g. l for "one character") or an object (e.g. iw
for "inner word"); the text moved over, or the object, is then yanked to
the clipboard. In both cases you can paste it into any clipboard-aware
application, usually by means of Edit=>Paste. Anything that uses that as
the {lhs} of a mapping ought to do something similar.

I don't know what the parentheses are doing in that mapping; I would
expect a plugin-defined mapping to have a {rhs} of <Plug>fakeclip-y or
<Plug>FakeclipY but not something with parentheses in it.

<Plug> is explained in the Vim help: see
:help <Plug>
:help using-<Plug>

To see what "+y is mapped to, use (both of)
:verbose map "+y
:verbose map! "+y

Best regards,
Tony.
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